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HAND PACK FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1920.

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HAND PACK FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F|LED APR. 22. 1920.

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agir-ee 4scr-arss iraient CHARLES S. BUCKLIN, GF REDBANK, NEVUERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO SPRAGUE C ANNING MACHINERY COMPANY, OF CHCAGO, ILLINQS, 5. CORPORATIGN 0F ILLINOIS.

To all whom 'it may concer/1t:

Be it known that l, @Hannes S., BUoiiLiN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 4Redbank, in the county ofilf/lonmouth and State of New Jersey, have `invented new and useful lmprovementsin Handlack- Filling Machines, of whichtlie following is a full. clear, conciseyand exact descrip-` tion, reference being had to tbe accompanyhand packed iillei's.- l i One object oi"y this invention is to provide an improved hand pack iiller in `which a plurality of movable supports is operated by a single driving means, therebyiesulting in an increased supply of 'ruittor maxi.- inum filling operations.

Anothervobject is to provide a unitary gravity can feed to supply cans to the oper-- ators for all the movable supports.

Another object is to provide a unitary meansi'or removing the lled cans fromthe operators for all the movable supports.

Another object isto provide an improved liller of the hand `pack type which will 'facilitate `the packing of whole vegetables and fruit, this being especially desirable vwhen tomatoes are packed.

Other objects will appear fromthe detailed description and `appended claims.

Fig. lL is an end view of the handpack ,filler .F ig. 2 isfa plan view `or the hand pack filler taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the invention `taken onthe line 3-3 of Fig. l loo-king in thedirection of the arrows; and

Fig, 4L is a verticalsectional view of the 4invention taken `on the line 4 4 of Fig. l l) looking-.inthe directionroi" the arrows.

lin order to give a general idea of the 1nvention, it is here stated that the construe`` tion shown comprisesa supporting frame 10 resting `atene endon the Alicor or any suitable Vsupport therefor, andat the otherend ona platform 11 upon which the operators stand .while filling .thecans suitably supported by the frame l0 is 'a plurality of end-` lessbelts or movable supports l2 which vare l V a single .roller 13 fromhew .lower our... tliis roller being. in laura. driven Application iiledl-Lplil 22, 3.920. Serial No. 375,848.

by a pulley le from any suitable source of y power.

Another roller l5 carries the endless belts l2 at their uppei'ends, the roller l5 being disposed in a relatively higher plane than.

the roller L13. upward.

direction a end thereof.

the belts l2, theieiioi'msloping The belts travel in a clockwise -d carry they fruit up to the high Disposed above the endless belts l2 in the ysamesloping plane are boXeslG in which the vegetables or fruit are received. These boxes 'i6 are open `at the bottom andat their uppervends so` that the article received by the boxes will travel on the beltstothe `upper end of the boxes and will be within reach or the operatorwhen. standing `on the platform ll at the rear of the machine.

A. drain board l l boxes 1,6 and belts 12said board emptying' is disposed below the into :i i/-shapedsloping trough 17. These `two draining members 16a and ,17 extend the "width ot the machine` to catch any water or juice from the boxes 16.

`l`ogivee more Vdetailed description of this construction? vthe support l0 comprises two pair, of vertically disposed inembers20 `and l2l ywhich are braced near their lower` ends bythe ,members `22 and 25 yformed.integral therewith.

Boltedtothe `front `suppoi'r'ts 20,1iear the .outer ends thereof are brackets 24, the inner ends thereof being vformed `into bearings` 25. vwhich bearings vsupport the shaft 26 upon which the long roller 13 is mounted,

lsaid roller extending the `width of the machine and being rotatably mounted by means of the shaiitg 26 the bearings25 in brackets 2li. lThedrive pulleyle'luis secured to the sha-ft 2(5upo`n which pulley a belt 27 is engaged to drive the endless belts l2 (Fig.

bolted thereto rlQhe` rear supports `321 are. suitablyunounted upon the` standing Aplatform l1 and have` near their vvupper ends l2travel.

' The endless belts 12ers shownl herein live l roller datanceiil Malo-ug. the

'tlie operator and then placed on the conveyor 42 which carries the cans to a suitable place for the next operation. lt .is particularly noted that the. three operations necessari' in filling the cans, mimely'n removing the empty cans, filling same,n and placing the lled cans on the con` veyor mayv be accomplished by the operators, without stooping;y or extended reaching on their part, thereby lessening the danger of injury to the operators and also increasing the speed at which the cans may be lilled.

M v Patent No. llzl9.vv dated April 6, 1920, contains generic claims coveringY the construction shown in this application.

Having' thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. ln a device ot the el ass described, a plurality ot fruit receptacles, a movable support for each receptacle on which the fruit rests, and a combination can rest and barrier extending along; one end of all oit said. movable supports.

2. In a device oit the class described. a plurality of fruit receptacles5 a movable support 'For each receptacle on which the 'fruit rests, a plurality of means estendingalong' one end ot all of said movable supports: for supplying' the cans to the opera-tor at each movable support, and for receiving the cans from the operator at each movable support, said means comprising a can feed and a can conveyor, and a can rest positioned substantiallv midway between said can Jfeed and conveyor. said can rest also extending' alongone end of all of said movable supports.

3. ,ln a device of the class described, a pluraliti7 oit fruit receptacles, a movable support for each receptacle on which the -trait rests, a plurality of means extending along one end ot all of said movable supports fer supplying the cans to the opera-tor at each `movable support7 and for receiving the cans conveyor, said can rest also extending along,r

one end of all oi said movable supports, and having" a flange thereon forming a barrier which also extends along one end of all of said movable supports and against which said supports urge the fruit.

l. il. hand pack filling machine comprising' endless belt means on which the fruit rests, oli' sufficient extent to supply the fruit for a plurality of operators, and a combined can rest and barrier extending' across said endless belt means, and serving` as a barrier against which said fruit is urged by said endless belt means and as a support for the cans to be filled.

5. A hand pack filling machine comprisingr endless belt means on which the fruit rests oit sufficient extent to supply the fruit for a plurality of operators to handle7 barrier means extending` across said endless belt mea-ns against which said endless belt urges theY fruit, can rest means also extending across said endless belt means on which the cans are placed for lling, means above said can rest means for supplying empty cans for all oil? the operators. and means underneath said can rest means for remo-ving iilled cans placeffl thereon by the operators.

ln witness whereof7 l have hereunto subscribed my name.

CHAR-LES S. BUCKLIN. llitnesses:

Vroni E. PATTERSON, MARION D. HICKS. 

